"There is no problem about leadership in Italy. The Holy Father tells us what to believe, our teachers tell us what to think and our fathers tell us how to behave." - anonymous Italian businessman
-- Barry Tomalin, Mike Nicks [The World's Business Cultures and How to Unlock Them]
Microsoft's VP of Interactive Entertainment Business in Europe, Chris Lewis, tells GI.biz that the removal of the HDMI cable from the Elite packaging was to enable more "flexibility to consumers who can then decide which type of cable they want for their specific gaming and TV screen set-up." Pardon us, but that's like saying Sub-Zero ripping out your spine gives your body more "flexibility." Of course, the drawback is that you're dead.
Greatness is mostly timing, which is mostly luck.
The only place a software designer would typically prefer a picture over a thousand words is in a museum.
-- Alex E. Bell [Death by UML Fever @ ACM Queue]
"An artist listens to his inner calling and hopes the public agrees. A business person listens to the audience and gives them what they want."
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